NOTING THAT there was “utter failure” on the a part of Delhi Police in stopping the unauthorized Hanuman Jayanti procession in Jahangirpuri final month that triggered communal clashes within the locality, a neighborhood courtroom mentioned the difficulty “seems to have been simply brushed aside” by senior officers — and complicity “if any” of police personnel must be investigated.
“The liability on the part of the concerned officials needs to be fixed so that in future no such incident takes place and the police is not complacent in preventing the illegal activities,” mentioned Additional Sessions Judge Gagandeep Singh in an order, whereas referring to the third procession within the space on April 16.
A duplicate of the order, which was issued on May 7 rejecting a clutch of bail pleas, has been directed to be despatched to the Commissioner of Police “for information and remedial compliance”.
The Rohini courtroom famous that the sequence of occasions that happened on Hanuman Jayanti on April 16 and position of the native administration in stopping the incident and sustaining legislation and order must be seen. “It is fairly admitted…on behalf of the State that the last procession which was passing through, during which the unfortunate riots took place, was illegal having no prior permission from the police,” mentioned the choose.
The courtroom additional mentioned the contents of the FIR itself present that the native workers of the police station in Jahangirpuri, led by Inspector Rajiv Ranjan, in addition to different officers have been “accompanying the said illegal process” on its route as a substitute of stopping it.
“It appears that local police, instead of performing their duty in stopping the said illegal process in the beginning and dispersing the crowd, was accompanying them to the entire route which later on led to unfortunate riots between the two communities,” mentioned ASJ Singh .
The courtroom has made the observations in an order dismissing the bail functions of seven accused — Imteyaz, Noor Alam, Sheikh Hamid, Ahmad Ali, Sheikh Hamid, SK Sahada, Sheikh Zahir and Ahir. The accused had argued that that they had been falsely implicated and weren’t current on the spot on the day of the incident.
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While dismissing the bail pleas, the choose mentioned materials investigation within the case remains to be underway and several other offenders who have been allegedly concerned in riots are but to be apprehended.
“The apprehension has been expressed by the prosecution that the public witnesses will not come forward as the rioters are known criminals of the area. Therefore, the apprehension of threatening/ influencing the witnesses cannot be ruled at this stage, if the accused/ applicant is enlarged on bail at this stage. The chargesheet is yet to be filed. The accused are serious against the accused/ applicant,” mentioned the courtroom.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
